Monrovia Crime Blotters: May 28 – June 3

May 28

At 1:29p.m., a customer of a business in the 1600 block of South Mountain calledpolice to report a battery incident. While he was shopping, a male subjectinside the store punched him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground.After being hit, the victim saw the subject run out of the store. He did notknow why the suspect hit him. Officers responded and searched for the suspect,but were unable to locate him. The victim did not require paramedics. Thisinvestigation is continuing.

At 6:13p.m., a Lyft driver called police to report a battery incident. He was pickingup a subject at a hotel in the 900 block of South Fifth. The subject becameupset when the driver would not load his luggage in the trunk. The driver toldthe subject he needed to do that himself. The subject then punched the driverin the face and ran into the hotel. Investigation is continuing.

At 8:30p.m., a motorist was stopped at a red light at Myrtle and Olive. The motoristattempted to make a right turn onto eastbound Olive and sideswiped anothermotorist. One of the motorists fled the scene without providing the necessarydocumentation. Investigation is continuing.

At 10:10p.m., a traffic collision occurred in the 700 block of West Duarte. A motoristwas exiting a driveway in the 700 block of West Duarte and there was anillegally parked vehicle blocking her view. When the motorist exited thedriveway, she collided into another vehicle who was traveling west on Duarte.Both motorists complained of pain to their chest, due to the airbags deploying.Monrovia Paramedics arrived and treated the motorists. Investigation iscontinuing.

May 29

At 1:38p.m., an employee from a business in the 1600 block of South Mountain calledpolice to report two male subjects stole power tools and fled the locationheading south on Mountain in a black BMW with no license plates. Investigation iscontinuing.

At 3:22p.m., a resident from the 700 block of South Ivy called police to report hislandscaping equipment was stolen from the bed of his truck. Investigation is continuing.

May 30

At 9:43a.m., a business owner in the 200 block of West Maple arrived at work anddiscovered his company vehicle had been stolen sometime during the night.Officers responded and searched the area for the vehicle, but could not locateit. The vehicle was entered into the Stolen Vehicle System. This investigationis continuing.

At 11:27a.m., a caller reported hearing a male and female subject yelling at oneanother inside an apartment in the 500 block of East Olive. Officers respondedand located the two subjects still yelling at one another. After determining nocrime had occurred, officers kept the peace and provided counseling.

At 12:12p.m., callers reported a fight in progress in the north alley of the 300 blockof West Colorado. Officers arrived and found two female subjects had batteredone another. Officers kept the peace then issued citations for battery, as bothwanted the other arrested.

At 2:45p.m., a caller reported hearing a family yelling at one another for over anhour at their house in the 200 block of North Grand. Officers responded andlocated the family. It was determined no crime had occurred and the officerskept the peace.

At 10:24p.m., an employee from a business in the 500 block of West Duarte called policeto report an adult male subject took merchandise without paying for it.Officers located the subject, who admitted to stealing the merchandise. Thesubject was arrested for shoplifting.

At 11:50p.m., a caller in the 500 block of East Olive reported that her boyfriend threwa lotion bottle at her and it struck her in the face, causing redness to herface. Officers arrived and conducted an investigation. The male subject wassubsequently arrested for domestic violence. He was also found to be onprobation for a prior domestic violence incident.

June 3

At 4:30p.m., a male subject was sitting at a table at Station Square Park using hiscell phone when he was approached by two Hispanic subjects, a male and female.The female subject brandished a knife and asked him what he was doing. The malesubject then punched him in the face and took his cell phone out of his hands.The two subjects walked towards the train platform. The police were notifiedand the victim was taken to a local hospital for his injuries. The suspectswere not located. The investigation is continuing.

At 5:26p.m., Demonstrators were peacefully protesting in the 300 block of South Myrtlewhen a motorist initiated a confrontation with the demonstrators. The motoristbrandished a firearm and then sped away, heading north on Myrtle. Officersquickly responded and detained the motorist in the area. An investigation wasconducted and the driver was arrested. The case will be presented to the LosAngeles County District Attorney’s Office.

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